Master Plan Subcommittee meetings scheduled for April 1 & April 2

Sustainability Subcommittee Meeting

Event Date:  Monday, April 1, 2024 - 5:15 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/sustainability_-agenda_2024-4-1.pdf

Land Use Subcommittee

Event Date:  Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/landusezoningagenda_-_2024-04-02.pdf

Master Plan Subcommittee meetings scheduled for April 1 & April 2

Master Plan Subcommittees: Land Use & Zoning OR Open Space and Recreation, and Natural, Cultural, and Historic Resources

You have a choice of two Master Plan subcommittee meetings to view or attend on Monday, March 18, 2024.

• Master Plan-Land Use & Zoning Subcommittee

Event Date:  Monday, March 18, 2024 - 7:00pm

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/landusezoningagenda_-_2024-03-18.pdf

• Open Space and Recreation, and Natural, Cultural, and Historic Resources (OSRP) Subcommittee

Event Date:  Monday, March 18, 2024 - 7:00pm

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/osrp_and_nchr_subcommittee_agenda_-_march_18th_2024.pdf

And don't forget about the Master Plan Open House at Dean College on Saturday, March 23  https://www.franklinma.gov/master-plan-update-committee/pages/events

Master Plan Subcommittees: Land Use & Zoning OR Open Space and Recreation, and Natural, Cultural, and Historic Resources 

Meet with both the Land Use & Sustainability Master Plan Subcmtes at the Library, Saturday, March 2

Come meet with the Sustainability and Land Use Subcommittees on March 2nd! From 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM.

Land Use Master Plan Subcmte

Sustainability Master Plan Subcmte

Shared from -> https://twitter.com/TOFranklinMA/status/1762466700937642348

Visit the Master Plan Update Committee on the Town page ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/master-plan-update-committee

Master Plan: Land Use Subcommittee scheduled to meet Feb 1 at 7:00 PM

Land Use & Zoning Subcommittee

Agenda

February 1st, 2024 - 7:00 PM

Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building

Room 205, 2nd Floor

355 East Central Street

Agenda

1. Open items in Goals & Objectives (with DPCD)

2. Feedback from field trip(s) to Hudson (or other area towns)

3. Outline of upcoming meetings: focus areas by zone and public hearing date/venue

4. Next steps

Agenda doc contains remote participation info ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/landusezoningagenda_-_2024-02-01_1.pdf

Master Plan: Land Use Subcommittee scheduled to meet Feb 1 at 7:00 PM

Master Plan Update Committee & Subcommittee meetings 9/18 to 9/27

Master Plan Subcommittee meetings scheduled for this week include

• Sustainability Subcommittee - Sep 18

Agenda ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/sustainability_-agenda_2023-09-18.pdf

• Land Use Subcommittee- Sep 19

Agenda -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/copy_of_landusezoning-agenda_2023-09-19.pdf

The full Mast Plan Update Committee is scheduled to to meet on Wednesday, Sep 27

Agenda -> Not yet posted for this session as scheduled ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/master-plan-update-committee/events/436086

Master Plan Update Committee & Subcommittee meetings 9/18 to 9/27

A Presentation of Norwood’s Notable Land Records

On Thursday evening, October 27, 2022, at Norwood’s Morrill Memorial Library, there will be a presentation by Norfolk Register of Deeds William P. O’Donnell entitled “Norwood Notable Land Records: People, Places & Properties”. The program is a follow-up to a celebration held in June at the Norwood Town Hall commemorating Norwood’s 150th anniversary.

The “Norwood Notable Land Records: People, Places and Properties” storyboards will again be on display, highlighting Norwood’s rich history, its illustrious stories and the wonderful people that have made and make Norwood such a vibrant community. Documents recorded at the Norfolk Registry of Deeds connected to Norwood’s rich history and the notable stories and people behind them are the basis of a free booklet that will be available to those attending the event.

Norfolk Register of Deeds William P. O’Donnell who is helping to organize the event explained, “The booklet tells a piece of the story of Norwood from its earliest days to the present. What has made Norwood such a great community are its people. The individuals highlighted in those records represent a cross-section of the community. Norwood is a special place and should be celebrated. I’m happy to be a part of it.”

Register O’Donnell and the Norwood 150th Steering Committee hopes you can join them for the presentation on Thursday, October 27 from6:30 PM to 7:30 PM in the Simoni Room at Morrill Memorial Library. This event is free but registration is required. To reserve your seat, go to https://www.norwoodlibrary.org/morrillcalendar/ or call the library reference desk at 781 769-0200 x 2. 

L-R: Norwood Selectman Helen Donahue, Ollie Abdallah first women elected to Norwood office, "John Adams", Norfolk Registrar William O'Donnell

“Preserving and protecting land comes at a cost"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

The Metacomet Land Trust raised more than $30,000 in donations and grants to reach its 30th anniversary fundraising goal in 2018. 

“We are pleased to be celebrating our 30 year milestone as a regional land trust serving 15 communities,” said the organization’s president, Lisa Mosczynski. “We started out 30 years ago with three towns and as more communities saw the need to partner with a land trust to preserve and protect their valuable open space we have expanded to help them. 

Today we own 473 acres of conservation land and hold conservation restrictions that restrict development on an additional 343 acres. Among other partners, the trust works with individual owners, municipalities and the Commonwealth to preserve critical open space in the region.” 

In 2018 the trust finalized the acquisition of another 32 acres through landowner donations in Mendon, Sutton and Upton.

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://franklin.wickedlocal.com/news/20181221/metacomet-land-trust-meets-30th-anniversary-fundraising-goal

Read more about the Land Trust on their page
https://metacometlandtrust.org/

Donate to the cause for 2018  (scroll to the bottom of their home page to find the Donate button)

“Preserving and protecting land comes at a cost"

Auction Sale of Low Value Parcels of Land - May 17

LEGAL NOTICE

TOWN OF FRANKLIN

OFFICE OF THE TREASURER

SALE OF LOW VALUE PARCELS

M.G.L. CHAPTER 60, SECTION 79

MAY 17, 2017 

MUNICIPAL BUILDING

355 EAST CENTRAL STREET

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 2ND FLOOR

• One set of 11 parcels is scheduled for sale at 10:00 AM

Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 10:00 AM at the Town of Franklin Municipal Building, 2nd Floor Council Chambers, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter60, Section 79, James P. Dacey, the Treasurer of the Town of Franklin, intends to sell the hereinafter described parcels of land at public auction, said sale having been approved by the Commissioner of Revenue for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant to M.G.L., Chapter 60, Section 79

Details of the 11 land parcels can be found online
http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/news/legal_notice_lolv_auction_10_am_5-17-17_2.pdf

• One set of 10 parcels is scheduled for sale at 2:00 PM

Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the Town of Franklin Municipal Building, 2nd Floor Council Chambers, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 60, Section 79, James P. Dacey, the Treasurer of the Town of Franklin, intends to sell the hereinafter describedparcels of land at public auction, said sale having been approved by the Commissioner of Revenue for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant to M.G.L., Chapter 60, Section 79.

Details of the 10 land parcels can be found online
http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/news/legal_notice_lolv_auction_2_pm_5-17-17_2.pdf

Town of Franklin Municipal Building, 2nd Floor Council Chambers